Henri Ducard

Henri Ducard is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Batman. Created by writer Sam Hamm, Henri Ducard's first appearance was in Detective Comics #599 (April 1989), as part of the "Blind Justice" story arc that the screenwriter of the 1989 Batman film was asked to guest-write by editor Denny O'Neil. 2Fictional character biography In the comics, Bruce Wayne approaches Henri Ducard for training in Paris, during his early days traveling the world. Ducard, a knowledgeable detective with excellent manhunting skills, imparts much of his knowledge to the young, keen Bruce.Later in the series, it is revealed that Ducard is a mercenary, working for criminals as often as he does the law. He deduces Batman's secret identity, but keeps it to himself, reasoning that Batman is a useful public distraction from the large-scale crimes perpetrated by Ducard and his clients.Ducard also works with Robin in Paris during his training, as Bruce did. Unlike Bruce, however, Robin only encounters him in passing at the end of his training, in Hong Kong.He also made a few brief appearances in Suicide Squad. 3The New 52 In The New 52, DC Comics' 2011 reboot of its entire superhero line, Henri Ducard's son Morgan stabs his mother Felicity to death after she is contacted by the people who had hired her to kill Ducard years ago, and ordered to either fulfill her obligation or face the death of her son. When Henri sees this and listens to what Morgan has to say he decides to take Morgan with him and train him to become a killer.Several years later, Bruce Wayne goes to France, searching for someone to train him. After Bruce draws attention to himself, Morgan is sent to kill him, but Bruce defeats him after a long battle. Henri initially decides to kill Bruce himself, but decides to train him instead upon hearing of the man's ambition